Pic:Labour minister Santosh S Lad distributes smart cards to beneficiaries during an event held at Valmiki Bhavan in Ballari ...

Labour Minister and Dharwad district in charge Santosh Lad has said that the government had introduced several schemes ...

ILO’s proposal to create binding global standards for gig and platform workers marks a turning point for labour rights ...

Gig workers’ union has welcomed Karnataka’s decision to mandate aggregator platforms like Ola, Uber, Zomato, and Swiggy to pay a welfare fee under a new ordinance approved by the Governor.

Even as the Supreme Court mandated the inclusion of e-Shram card holders in the Public Distribution System (PDS) and directed states to issue ration cards to them for free ration, nearly 15,000 ...

Hubballi: The state government have cancelled around 3,000 fake labour cards in the district in a bid to weed out bogus beneficiaries.

Targeted schemes include Ayushman Bharat, E-Shram Card, Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, PM SVANidhi, widow pension, and other pension schemes apart from numerous State government schemes.

In her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the extension of e-Shram portal registrations to provide identity cards to gig workers.

In August 2021, the central government launched the E-Shram Portal - National Database of Unorganized Workers at a budget of Rs 704 crores.

The Government has finally awoken to the pain of India’s gig workers but has only committed to the half-hearted steps of registering them on e-SHRAM and including them under the Ayushman Bharat ...

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government will arrange identity cards and registration on the e-Shram portal to help 1 crore gig workers.

In her eighth consecutive Budget speech, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a comprehensive social security scheme for gig workers.